Power-transmitting mechanism.



D. E. MORRIS. POWER TBANSMITTING MEGHANISM. unicum! FILED oc'r. 11. 1911.

1 092 076. Patented 1m31, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. MORRIS.

POWER TH.ANSMITIING MEGHANISM. Arru'ouxon Hum 001111. 19u.

1,092,076. Patented Mar.31,1914 asnEn'rs-Jsnnn'r a.

DAVID E. MORRIS, F GULFPOBT, MISSISSIPPI.

POW'ER-TRANSJUTTING MEGHANISM.

Specication of Letters Yatent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Application led October 17, 1911. Serial No. 655,126.

To all 'inkom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, DAVID E. Mounts, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Gulfport, in the county of Harrison and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Power-Transmitting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in power transmitting mechanismz and has particular application to a device of the class described wherein power is transmitted from a driving part to a driven part for any predetermine purpose, the invention also contemplating means whereby the direction of rotation of the device may be reversed, and whereby the speed may be varied.

In carrying 'out my invention, it is Ig purpose to provide a sim le, compact, e cient and durable form o power transmitting mechanism, especially 4designed to be employed in connection with the balance or iy wheel of automobile or hydrocarbon engines, although I wish it to be understood that the invention is not limited in its useful application to this specific purpose, but may be employed in any other connection wherein its use is advantageous.

With the above-recited objects and others of a. similar natlue in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set -forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through a. power transmitting mechanism embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s a top lan view ori the same. Fig. 3 is a view, par y in side elevation and partly m section, of the wheel member carrying the -friction disks. Fig. 4: is a view 1n side eleva.- tion of the slotted wheel disk. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of thev driven shaft and the sleeve therefor.

In the present instance, I have shown one preferred embodiment of my invention which is particularly adapted for use in conneet-ion with automobiles wherein a circular wheel or casing, in the nature of'e iy wheel, is connected to containing a laterally shiftable member non- 'rotatebly mounted on the end of the drive shaft, said member carrying a series of radially movable friction disks designed to shaft, certain of said levers beine' the drive shaft, said wheel rotate'the arms upon which they are mounted, said arms in turn carrying gear members -meshinr with and driving a gear on the driven s aft. Furthermore, I provide suitable o rating meansv such as levers, by means o which the power transmitting mechanism may be shifted laterally from one side. to the other of the dy wheel to control the direction of rotation of the driven employed to move the 'friction disks to antd from Ythe center of the device to control or vary the speed of rotation of the driven shafts.

While I have herein shown and described my preferred form of mechanism, I wish-it to be understood, however, that 'I do not limit myself to all the precise details o construction herein set forth by way o illus.- tratiomas modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the a pendedclaims.

Re errlng now to the accompanying drawy ingsin detail, the letter A designates a suit- 'able frame forming a bearing and support for the en ine shaft or drive shaft 1, upon the end o which is mounted a hollow fly wheel comprising the side disk 2, having n. hub member 3, by which itis secured vto the shaft l, and a lateral peripheral ange 4,

the other side 5 of the wheel lying parallel with the side 2 and connected at its eripher with the flange 4.- by bolts or otiier suitab e means, said side 5 being capable of attachment and detachment, as desired. Within this casing is located a circular wheel-like member 6 'having a hub portion 7, approximately square in cross section and terminating in the large circular end 8 into which projects the reduced end 9 of the driving shaft 1, said shft end rotating in the hub. The member 6- is provided with suitable radially extending spokes `10 and is further provided with e. series of radially extend in rotatable arms 11, each armcarrying a friction disk 12, splined thereon for sliding movement as at lll, so that as hereinafter described, each arm is rotated by itsdisk but the disk is capable of the sliding movement thereon. At the end of each arm 11 is fast a beveled gear l5, having its lower end bearing evainst the adjacent fiat face 16 of the squared end of the hub 7, these gear l es;

the The ear 17 seats in-the conical cupp end the sleeve 20 which surrounds the shaft 18.

The numeral 21 indicates -adisk orplate p rovided with a series of angular ra. lally extending'arms 22, the curved portion 23 ofA each arm having an elongated segmental slot 42i, adapted to receive the stud 2190i the le'- ver 24J pivoted at 24 to the rim of the member 6, the opposite end lof said lever having a pin 24Jl riding in a. circular groove 24:e in the hub of the adjacent friction disk. The plate or disk 21is. provided with a hub 25 havi an inwardly beveled face 26 ittincr over e'exterio'race of thecupped end o .the sleeve 20 the hub 25 having a collar 27 carrying a Apin 28 working in the circular groove 29 inthe sleeve 20.

The numeral 33' indicates a leverior controlling the reverse movement of the device, that is, such lever-shifts the mechanism in the fly wheel to. and from one side or the other of said wheel,.to bring the friction disks into contact with oneor the other of' the faces' 2 and 5 of the fly wheel. This is accomplished as follows :.The lever 33 is fulcrumed atf34:- to the bracket arm 35 suit" ably fastened to the frameA. and is pinned as at 36 to the end of the sleeve 20, said lever being swung lon itudinallyof the uadrant 37to shift the ee'velongitudine y on the shaft 18. In Fig. 1, the friction disks are shown in contact with the rigli'th'and side of the ily wheel.A Tomeverse the direction ofrctation of the shaft 18,*the mechanism should be shi-ftedto bring the disks into contact with the left hand side of the 5 pull the 'sleeve toward fly wheel and this would be accomplished by throwing the lever 33 toward the left in Fig. 1, or away from'theiiy wheel which would the left on shaft 18, which in turn would draw the disk'or plate 21, throu hlthe pin`28' carried bythe collar of the hu thus pulled toward-the left side ofthe fly wheel, it, being connected to the 'member carrying the :Eviction disks 12 and their vcooperating parts, through fthe medium of the levers 2 4? connected' heretofore described with the slotted arms 23, will draw the member 6' with .the friction and "the left so that said disks contactwith the wall or side-5 of the fly wheeL In the movegearing, to

power is taken for any suitable pur ose.-v

'in the art.

'the latter, which mechanism -is susceptible shaft.

of the disk, 'which'pin, as stated, lies in the slot 2 9. As the plate or disk 21 is v thc -drive shaft. and rotated therewith, 'a

transmitting means inte mentof the parts, the gear 17 i's slid longitudinallyv of the shaft-18 and u on the end ofsuch shaft, owing tothe sai' gear being splinedto the shaft and the lateral movement of the beveled gears 15.

Inorder to vary the speed of the driven shaft, the lever-32. isswung transversely or across` the axis of the-shaft, and through the collar 27 and its hub connection with the plate or disk 21, rotates the latter so that the pins 24e, being contacted with by the walls. of the segmental slots 24'are pulled along said slots, moving the levers 24.*. .on their pivots 2451 thereby shifting the disk members 12 on their res ective arms, inward or outward toward or gram the center. .If the speed of the shait is to be increased, .the l disks are moved outward, and conversely are moved inward if it is desired to decrease the speed.

4From the above description, taken 'in connection with the accompanying drawings,

tion will be readily apparent to thoseskilled f. w- -Q It willbe seen .that I have provided an exf ceedingly'sinipley yet *eicient means "for vtransmitting powerfrom a .drive s haftgto a driven shaft, and for varying the speed 'of of4 many uses whichneed notbe mentioned herein detail.. Y

I claims'- A* 1. vThe combination with 'a drivefshaft-and 00 a.l driven shajft,- of s; ily. wheel mounted vupon'i 1 the driviugshaftto'rotate therewithga meme vber mounted'with'in the'l'y wheel, frictional v'elements on said member, means lfor sh'itl- `ing 'said member laterally in the-fly wheel to cartsesaid fiictonal elements to? engage with opposite sides of the'wheel to reverse' the direction of movement .of thovdriven lthe construction-:and operation' ofmy inven 'I shaft, and'imeans'forfslfting 'said vfrictional elements tol vary the speed .of said dri-ven 2. The combination with a. drive shaftanda driven shaft, voffs,v flywheel mounted upon the drive shaft and rotating therewith, 'a hub member stationarv in the which the end ofuthe drive' shaft.extends,- a 1 Wheel.andvinto member mounted to'- beshifted laterallyupon said hub, a plurality of rotatably. mounted radially movable friction disks car'- a driven shaft, of a ily wheel mounted Vupon member mounted. wit-hin the il wheel, power ose "between said member and the driven' s ft,vfriction'disksf adapted to place the power'transmitting;V

means 1n driving operation, means Vfor shift'- i ing the friction disks from one side .of the provided with studs projecting into the slots 3o fly wheel to the other, and means for shiftin the disk plate the opposite ends of said ing said friction disks to vary the speed of levers engaging with the hubs of the fricrotation of the driven shaft, said means intion disks, a rotatable hub member for said cluding a disk plate member, movable condisk plate, and means for rotating the hub nections between said plate member and the member to shift said plate and thereby move 35 friction disks, and means for shifting the the disks radially relative to the axes of the plate disk around its axis to move the fricshaft. tion disks radially relative to the sides of 5. The combination with a drive shaft and the iiy wheel. a driven shaft, a fly wheel mounted upon the 4. The combination with a drive shaft and drive shaft and rotating therewith, power 40 a driven shaft, of a fly wheel rotating with transmitting mechanism within the y wheel the driving shaft, a circular member profor placing the same in driving engagement vided with a hub portion adapted to incase with the driven shaft, means for shifting the end of the driving shaft said hub being said mechanism to reverse the direction of rotatable with the driving shaft, a series of rotation of the driven shaft, and means for 45 radial arms rotatably mounted in said memvarying the speed of rotation of said driven ber, gearing carried at the inner end of each shaft, said means including a member caarm, a gear wheel on the driven shaft meshpable of partial rotation, means loosely coning with the gearing at the end of the arm, necting said member with the power transa. friction disk slidable upon each of said mitting mechanism, and mechanism for 50 arms, means for shifting the member from moving said partial rotatable member.

one side of the fly wheel to the other to place In testimony whereof Iv afx my signature th; disjlishindrivlilng1 enggement fwithhthe in presence of two witnesses. sieso te ywee,an means orsifting said friction disks to vary the speed of DAVID E' MORRIS' the driven shaft, said means comprising a lVitnesses: disk plate having segmental slots therein, Ro'r. H. HARRISON, Jr., levers pivoted to the circular member and RICHARD B. CAvANaaH.v

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